Agricultural Clean Technology Program: Research and Innovation Stream: Step 1. What this program offers

Step 1. What this program offers

As part of the Government of Canada’s strengthened climate plan, A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, the new Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) Program aims to create an enabling environment for the development and adoption of clean technology that will help drive the changes required to achieve a low-carbon economy and promote sustainable growth in Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector.

The ACT Program offers support under 2 streams:

Research and Innovation Stream

The Research and Innovation Stream will support pre-market innovation, including research, development, demonstration and commercialization activities, to develop transformative clean technologies and enable the expansion of current technologies, in 3 priority areas:

  • Green energy and energy efficiency
  • Precision agriculture
  • Bioeconomy

Eligible activities under the Research and Innovation Stream are of the following nature and type:

  • Applied research and development of clean technologies
  • Piloting and evaluating clean technologies
  • Demonstration and knowledge and technology transfer activities
  • Commercializing and scaling up clean technologies
  • Other activities that support the Research and Innovation Stream as determined by the program

Support is available in the form of repayable and non-repayable contributions from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Accelerator

The Accelerator is a program under the Research and Innovation Stream that will provide funding to eligible not-for-profit organizations that will, in turn, use their specific networks and expertise to further distribute these funds to other organizations in support of their research and innovation objectives.